GHSA-8cv5-p934-3hwp

Denial of service in fast-csv

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Low CVE-2020-26256

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	fast-csv	< 4.3.6	4.3.6
npm	@fast-csv/parse	< 4.3.6	4.3.6

Details

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### Impact Possible ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) when using `ignoreEmpty` option when parsing. ### Patches This has been patched in `v4.3.6` ### Workarounds You will only be affected by this if you use the `ignoreEmpty` parsing option. If you do use this option it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version `v4.3.6` ### References This vulnerability was found using a [CodeQL](https://securitylab.github.com/tools/codeql) query which identified `EMPTY_ROW_REGEXP` regular expression as vulnerable. [Link to query run](https://lgtm.com/query/8609731774537641779/). ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [fast-csv](https://github.com/C2FO/fast-csv)

References

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